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RECORD NUMBER: 2 OF 4Main Title | Pandora's poison : chlorine, health, and a new environmental strategy / | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author | Thornton, Joe. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher | MIT Press, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 42746091 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 0262201240 (hc : alk. paper) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Organochlorine compounds--Toxicology ; Organochlorine compounds--Environmental aspects ; Environmental policy ; Environmental risk assessment ; Environmental impact analysis ; Organochlorine compounds--Environmental aspects | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collation | xii, 599 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. {457}-580) and index. |
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Contents Notes | The problem : a global health hazard -- Organochlorines around the world -- First-class poisons : the toxicology of organochlorines -- The damage done : health impacts in people and wildlife -- Organochlorines and cancer -- The cause : industrial chlorine chemistry -- Chlorine in nature and industry -- The chlorine business -- Chemistry out of control -- Major sources of organochlorine pollution -- The solution : a chlorine sunset -- An ecological policy on chlorine chemistry -- Beyond chlorine : the alternatives -- Good science, good politics. |